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Aldersgate Society Resources

The Aldersgate Society is a group of students, staff, and faculty who meet regularly to discuss theological issues from a Wesleyan perspective.  Our meetings include special speakers, discussions arising from classes, and matters distinctive to Wesleyan theology.  All persons are warmly invited join as we examine life and thought in the context of the historic and contemporary church.

The Aldergate Society Resources page is a resource link to the activities of the Society, John Wesley's writings, and other resources in Wesleyan theology.  Also, join our email list for announcements of coming events by emailing jmoore@teds.edu.

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Coming Events

2009-2010 Meeting Dates and Topics

        (note: speakers and topics to be announced)

Some Previous Meeting Topics and Notes

• 4.15.09 -- A Luther Perspective on the Arminian-Calvinist Debate -- Dr. Doug Sweeney 
• 3.30.09 -- An Augustinian Social Engagement: Salt & Light for the Church Today -- Dr. Bruce Fields 
• 2.11.09 -- Wesleyans and Scriptural Authority -- Dr. John Woodbridge 
• 1.26.09 -- Is Job Theologically Correct? -- Dr. Dennis Magary 
• 11.5.08 -- Eternal Security:  Not Quite So Secure -- Dr. Grant Osborne -- Handout 
• 4.16.08 -- "Two Cheers for the Resurgence of Calvinism in Evangelicalism: Strengths & Limitations" by Dr. Tom McCall 
• 1.30.08 -- "The Problem of Sin in 1 John" by David Fry, PhD Student
• 3.12.07 --  "Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism: A Look at the Holiness Movement" by Stephen Smith, PhD Student
  • Some suggested reading:
  • Paul Merritt Bassett, "The Theological Identity of the North American Holiness Movement" in The Variety of American Evangelicalism, Dayton and Johnston, eds.  Intervarsity, 1991.
  • Susan C. Stanley, "Wesleyan/Holiness Churches: Innocent Bystanders in the Fundamentalist/Modernist Controversy" in Re-forming the Center: American Protestantism, 1900 to the Present, Jacobsen and Trollinger, eds. Eerdmans, 1998.
  • Stan Ingersol, “Strange Bedfellows: Nazarenes and Fundamentalism,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 40, no. 2 (2005): 123–41
  • Christian Scholars' Review (1992 Volume XXIII Number 1) - the entire issue is devoted to the question of evangelicalism 
• 9.2004  -- "Biblical Holiness" -- Dr. John Oswalt, Wesley Biblical Seminary -- also see Oswalt's book Called to Be Holy (Evangel 1999)

John and Charles Wesleys' Writings

• Charles Wesley's writitings - hymns and journals available for free download from the Wesley Center for Applied Theology 
• John Wesley's writings - many available free at the Wesley Center for Applied Theology in downloadable form 
• Chronology of Wesley's Life
  
  

Other Wesleyan Works

• Classic Wesleyan Sources for TEDS ST 845  Sovereignty and Salvation in Wesleyan-Arminian Theology 
• Founding Documents and General Conference Minutes of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America
• James Arminius's Works 
• John Fletcher's Works 
• Richard Watson's Works 
• Many other resources can be found at the WCAT web page and the Holiness Classics Library
  
  

Bibliographies

• Some Wesleyan Theology Resources 
• Ken Collin's exhaustive Wesley bibliography - on the Asbury Theological Seminary's website; updated & expanded February 2009 
• United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies
• Women in Ministry bibliography - by Susie C. Stanley 2005

Resource Centers and Links

• The Wesley Center for Applied Theology at NNU 
• United Methodist Archive Center - at Drew University
  
  

Theological Societies and Journals

• Wesleyan Theological Society 
• Asbury Journal - subscription information 
• The Fundamental Wesleyan Society 
• The Arminian - publication of the Fundamental Wesleyan Society 
• Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology (SSPWT) 
• Wesleyan Theological Journal- archive of past journals; subscription included with WTS membership 
• Work & Deed - Salvation Army's theological journal

Women in Ministry

• Center for Women in Ministry - affirming and advancing the gifts of women in ministry 
• The First Women's Rights Convention - this National Park Site commemorates the July 1948 meeting held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY which led to the Declaration of Sentiments 
• Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy - a community of support and encouragement for women in ministry which sponsor bi-annual Come to the Water conferences 
• Women in Ministry Resources - at Messiah College 
• Women in Ministry Resources at JamesWatkins.com 
• Wynkoop Center for Women in Ministry - a ministry of Nazarene Theological Seminary

Discussion Groups

• Wesleyan Theological Discussion - limited to doctoral students and those holding a doctoral degree

Publishers of Wesleyan Literature

• Abingdon Press 
• Ages Software - Wesleyan Heritage Collection CD is full of classic Wesleyan works for only $59.95 including Arminius, Ralston, Fletcher, Watson, Wesley 
• Beacon Hill Publishers 
• Evangel Publishing House 
• Schmul Publishers
  
  

Wesleyan Denominations

• Churches of Christ in Christian Union 
• Church of the Nazarene 
• Evangelical Friends 
• Evangelical Methodist Church 
• The Free Methodist Church 
• The Salvation Army 
• The United Methodist Church 
• The Wesleyan Church
  

Suggest a link?  Email jmoore@teds.edu

Last Update 11.2009